Article
Human naive T cells activated by cytokines differentiate into a split phenotype with functional features intermediate between naive and memory T cells.
International immunology - 1 Sept 1995
Unutmaz D, Baldoni F, Abrignani S
Abstract excerpt
We have recently shown that CD45RA+CD4+ naive T cells can be activated to proliferate by a combination of IL-2, TNF-alpha and IL-6, but, at variance with TCR-mediated activation, they do not acquire the CD45RO molecule. This prompted us to investigate the phenotype of these cells and the functional features they display upon TCR stimulation. Naive T cells expanded by cytokines, though remaining CD45RA+, express a...
Topics
- Adult
- Cell Differentiation
- Cytokines
- Female
- Humans
- Immunologic Memory
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Male
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocytes
